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College Wins Award for Internationalization Efforts

Jeffrey Thomas — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:06:10 GMT

St. Louis Community College at Forest Park recently won a prestigious award for its efforts to internationalize its campus in downtown St. Louis. Forest Park’s Grace Liu discusses the importance of globalization and what her school is doing to give students an understanding of different cultures.

Nontraditional Students Enrich U.S. College Campuses

Jeffrey Thomas — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:51:23 GMT

Nontraditional students represent a large minority of students on many U.S. college campuses and on some a substantial majority. These older students want instructors and courses that are more rigorous, serious and applicable to the real world, according to researchers. They also are often more interested in the joy of learning.

Equality in Sports Participation Benefits All, Says Expert

Jeffrey Thomas — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:12:47 GMT

Kids, regardless of race or gender, benefit in multiple ways from participating in sports, according to an expert on female sports participation. Participating in sports help girls build self-confidence and self-esteem and enhances their ability to solve problems and prepare for future professional careers.

University of Georgia Partners with Tunisia on e-Learning Project

Jeffrey Thomas — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:42:04 GMT

A Tunisian engineering professor at the University of Georgia establishes an award-winning UGA-Tunisian Educational Partnership to help her native country achieve national educational goals and to support online course development through the Virtual University of Tunis.

The Good Immigrant Student

Jeffrey Thomas — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:34:07 GMT

The author's family left Saigon on April 29, 1975, when she was eight months old. After staying in refugee camps in the Philippines, Guam, and Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, they settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This piece is excerpted from her book Stealing Buddha’s Dinner and her essay “The Good Immigrant Student.”

U.S. College’s “Coexistence House” Promotes Religious Tolerance

Jeffrey Thomas — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:43:19 GMT

Spring in the United States is often the time when university students get together with friends to submit their fall housing requests, hoping to share living spaces with people they know and who share compatible lifestyles. Not so for the 14 Muslim, Christian and Jewish women who have chosen to room together at the Middle East Coexistence House at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

U.S. Students Use Vacations To Volunteer in Community Service

Jeffrey Thomas — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:47:39 GMT

Although many university students in the United States use their spring break to soak up the sun on the beach or catch up on school work, more and more are using their brief time off campus to do the world some good. Alternative spring breaks are programs that place students in needy communities to perform volunteer community service. USINFO examines some alternative spring break programs and their growing popularity with students.

U.S. University Students Acting To Slow Climate Change

Jeffrey Thomas — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:52:24 GMT

In their classrooms, American college students are learning about environmental issues such as climate change. Outside their classrooms, many are taking actions to mitigate the effects of activities linked to climate change. USINFO examines the different ways in which U.S. universities increasingly are “going green.”

Sharp Hike Reported in Volunteering by U.S. University Students

Jeffrey Thomas — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:56:38 GMT

The number of American university students who volunteer for community service projects in the United States has risen nearly 20 percent since 2002, according to a new study. University students “represent a large and growing source of the nation’s volunteers,” according to the Corporation for National and Community Service, an independent federal agency that provides grants and other support to volunteer organizations throughout the country. The agency’s latest study found that three in 10 university students, or 3.3 million people, volunteered in 2005 – a gain of 600,000 students above the 2.7 million reported in 2002.

World’s Aquatic Athletes Choosing To Train in the United States

Jeffrey Thomas — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:13:05 GMT

Superior facilities, outstanding coaches and extensive support systems are attracting many of the world’s top aquatic athletes to U.S. universities. The Washington File looks at the increasingly international face of competitive swimming and diving in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Athletes Share Personal Stories from University of Tennessee

Jeffrey Thomas — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:50:55 GMT

Many of the world’s best swimmers and divers are choosing to train at U.S. universities. University of Tennessee athletes from Australia, Ireland and Great Britain share their experiences with the Washington File.

Historically Black Colleges Vital to U.S. Higher Education

Jeffrey Thomas — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:56:15 GMT